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Posts published by “Elaine Kendall”

A journalist and playwright, Elaine’s books of American cultural history were published by Little, Brown, Putnam and Capra; her plays by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus and Art Age. Musical plays are An American Cantata; The Would-be Diva; Isadora! and COLE and WILL: Together Again! Non-musical dramas are The Chameleon; Two Margarets; The Trial of Mata Hari and The Nominee. The “I” Word; Gun Show Follies and Secrets of the Showroom are short comedies. She has written for many national magazines; The New York Times and the LA Times. Current articles appear monthly in the aptly-named online journal The Satirist.

The “T” word

trump:  noun;  deceit, fraud, trickery; of no value; rubbish; nonsense. The Second Edition of Webster’s New International Edition of the English Language: Unabridged appeared in…

When Did That Happen?

When were bench seats in cars abandoned to prevent dangerous sliding in and out?  The last sedan with a front bench seat was the 2012…

Reviewese 101

Where are the witty reviewers of yore; the Alexander Woollcotts, the Dorothy Parkers, the Walter Kerrs, and the rest of an erudite and often acerbic…




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